Anthony J

@foreplayzach @foreplay_co why is my entire swipe file missing? I've been saving ads with foreplay for over 1 year now :(

Been having ups and downs with business lately. Stores fizzling out. Constant delays with new brand. But things are picking back up. Can’t let momentary losses affect the path I’m on and I just need to embrace it. On another note I was blessed enough to get a call from Rolex (my first watch from an AD) I know this post is mainly a flex and basically just stroking my ego but I want everyone to know I’m not better than anybody because of the watch I wear. In all honestly the money used to buy this watch should have gone towards inventory for the brand. But this was a piece I’ve been wanting for a long time so I had to pull the trigger. At the end of the day it’s just a watch. Not much changes cus I own it now. I just gotta keep taking steps forwards and when small opportunities like this come along in the journey I will enjoy them but not make it the end all be all of the path I’m on. This is a small win in the grand scheme of things but happy to have a 2nd Rolex in my collection

@geeezceee exactly what i'm thinking too haha i'm like fuck it just push it to the limit sell out and try to time the restock as best I can

@anthonyjecom lol legitttt. Makes me think dropshipping is just way better haha. I feel like you just have to brand so well and make restocks a big deal for it to work really well, or just be crazy good at forecasting

Have barely started production yet and have already ran into countless hurdles. New found respect for DTC founders 🫡 Inventory management is a bitch

@aronnnemeth AI

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Bro why is it so hard to get Tiktok Shop in Canada :( Like am I really gonna give up some equity for a US partner or pay a ridiculous retainer just so someone can signed me up.

Honestly I'm scared because I don't know if it will sell lol. Most my due diligence came from just studying a growing market spotting a gap and then creating image ads with AI to see if I get sales. I did get sales when testing the idea out but it was at like a 1 ROAS Taking the risk and betting on improving the CPA with better ads with the actual product not just AI images.

Got the final samples for my new ecom brand in and it's exciting and scary. Lots of money has gone into this. I know the road to making it a profitable cashflowing business will be long. But I can only focus what's ahead of me right now. I will be giving all samples away to UGC creators and getting my initial batch of content for ads. Will be launching very soon :)

It will usually take longer than you expect but more time than not things pan out better than you could have imagined.

@ssaaammiirr ecom

Stop spending $1,000s on UGC I created a full guide on how we get high quality UGC content for FREE Just comment ‘ecom’ and I’ll DM it to you (must be following)

I feel ya brotha July and August were rough for me business wise as well. I had to stop focusing on the external results and just focus on the progress and process. Can't control the numbers on the screen but can control what you do on a day to day and no matter what the results are choose to feel good that you're moving forwards despite everything else saying you're not

Have been beaten down so bad the past few weeks after my biggest win ever in july and im so down bad because of it Mainly regarding business ik everyone goes through this but its so tough after putting my all into my main brand and it does shit everyday despite the work i put in

How are you guys structuring your contracts for UGC creators for brands? What is necessary to protect the brand from a creator just going after you if things take off?

Going from $0 to $10k in profit with a new dropshipping store but even tho I found a good product the last thing I will do is start bumping the budgets. Here's why... Slowly scaling dropshipping stores is the motive in 2024. Everything needs to be in check before budgets are touched. Emails, SMS, Retargeting NEED TO BE SETUP. Optimize the AOV with cart upsells, shipping, and post-purchase upsells before scaling budgets so you can really push hard. UGC and Custom Content need to be added all over your funnel ASAP these days it increases the CVR better than anything. Iteration creatives locked and loaded in the ad account and net new creatives in production. Now that the seeds are planted budgets can start being increased. With everything in place, you'll be able to scale for longer and make more money in the long run not just pump and dump. It's pointless to scale budgets hard when your funnel isn't built for scale.

I started a brand new dropshipping store last month and will easily scale it to $10k in profit per month by doing this 👇🏻 Context: I needed to cook up a new dropshipping store cus my I needed more cashflow for the brand I was building so I challenged myself to start from scratch. I detailed the testing strategy in a previous tweet but basically, this is what I did to get it off the ground if you haven't read that: -test 4 products a week -8 net new creatives per product (no ripping creatives) -branded landing page off the rip But how am I going from testing to scaling and pocketing an extra $10k a month? We've identified 2-3 products that are working very well Now it's time to BEAT THE CONTROL This is something copywriters talk about all the time but is how we will scale this up to $10k profit To beat the control this is the exact steps we'll do: 1. Itteration creatives of the ad getting the most spend - new hooks -new scoll stoppers -new bodies -new scripts -use the base ad that's well and test as many variables to beat the control 2. Net new creatives - we have an idea of the style and general angle that works -gather fresh and new clips -write 100% new scripts -test against the best ad 3. Landing page itterations -create a listicle + advertorial and split your traffic 50/50 - test standard shopify product pages vs custom product page -focus on big variations at the start

How are you handling cash restraints with inventory? Are you dumping 6-figs every couple weeks to re-up on inventory or how do you manage it? What are the lead times like for this product as well? I'm bout to launch my supplement brand this month so interested to hear your take on it.

@CeoAlix So is product quality ever an issue? Doing 7figs a month would you say people actually like the product they receive is a big factor?

@CeoAlix Are you selling more or less standard AliExpress products? How do you handle product quality so customer actually like the thing they order? Or do you only do branded products?

Slowly scaling dropshipping stores is the new wave in 2024. Less payment process issues. Longer term profits. And less management is needed, just make new ads every week and bump the budget by 20% every 2-3 days.

@CeoAlix Are you selling more or less standard AliExpress products? How do you handle product quality to so customer actually like the thing they order? Or do you only do branded products?